Chris Boot, the director of Aperture, a nonprofit foundation that wants to publish the "Touching Strangers" book says, “We think these great photographs have something positive to say about human connection . . . about a diverse society in which people have been taught not to touch each other but in which we can and do transcend the boundaries set around us."

Here's a look at Rinaldi's Kickstarter video if you want more tears. (Don't worry, the deadline's passed so no one's hitting you up for money.)

Okay, we're not saying you should just go out there and randomly touch people. Don't do that.

But something about this beautiful contrivance of human connection is getting to us!

We, at least, want the book--but we'll only look at it when we want a good cathartic cry.